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“#Bryson DeChambeau needs to change behavior<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau is a mess.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old wasn\u2019t in a good place entering this week\u2019s British Open, his life so cluttered with outside distractions it was going to be almost impossible for him to realistically compete for the Claret Jug.<\/p>\n

But, after what took place following Thursday\u2019s opening round at Royal St. George\u2019s, DeChambeau, who\u2019s turned himself into such a lightning rod it\u2019s becoming a detriment to his career success, needs to take a serious step back and reassess his behavior.<\/p>\n

He needs to make himself accountable instead of blaming every other person or element around him for any lack of success he may have.<\/p>\n

To review:<\/p>\n

DeChambeau, frustrated by his 1-over-par 71 in the first round Thursday, shot a passive-aggressive-laced arrow directly at Cobra, his club manufacturer, claiming his driver \u201csucks\u2019\u2019 and adding that he\u2019s been working with them for years to find the right driver for him with no good results.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf I can hit it down the middle of the fairway, that\u2019s great, but with the driver right now \u2026 the driver sucks,\u201d DeChambeau said. \u201cIt\u2019s not a good face for me, and we\u2019re still trying to figure out how to make it good on the mis-hits.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Bryson DeChambeau<\/figcaption>
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The only face that\u2019s not good here is DeChambeau\u2019s and the only mis-hit is coming directly from him.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m living on the razor\u2019s edge, like I\u2019ve told people [read: Cobra] for a long time,\u2019\u2019 DeChambeau said. \u201cWhen I did get it outside of the fairway, like in the first cut and whatnot, I catch jumpers out of there and I couldn\u2019t control my wedges.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a concept Bryson may try: Hit better shots. There\u2019s an adage in golf that\u2019s been around forever and app<\/a>lies to amateurs coming to grips with their own flaws: \u201cIt\u2019s the Indian, not the arrow.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

DeChambeau went on to say that this issue has been taking place \u201cforever,\u2019\u2019 adding, \u201cIt\u2019s not the right design, unfortunately, and Cobra has been working their butt off to fix it, we just haven\u2019t had any results yet.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

When these comments got back to Cobra tour operations manager Ben Schomin, he understandably went ballistic in an interview with Golfweek, saying, \u201cEverybody is bending over backwards\u2019\u2019 for DeChambeau, and adding that DeChambeau \u201chas never really been happy, ever.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just really, really painful when he says something that stupid,\u2019\u2019 Schomin went on.<\/p>\n

Schomin, you may recall, is the man DeChambeau asked with no notice to caddie for him at the Rocket Mortgage Classic three weeks ago in Detroit after his regular caddie, Tim Tucker, walked out on him on the eve of the opening round.<\/p>\n

Schomin was reportedly having dinner with his family some two hours away and dropped everything to come help DeChambeau, who went on to miss the cut and refuse to do any interviews despite being the defending champion and an ambassador for the tournament\u2019s title sponsor.<\/p>\n

Bad behavior. Bad look.<\/p>\n

Hours after Schomin and Cobra bit back at DeChambeau, the golfer posted a contrite apology to both<\/a> on his Instagram account, but the damage was done.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau, like all of the top-level players, is paid a lot of money to promote the equipment he uses. His comments after the round Thursday were unprecedented. Players don\u2019t bite the hand that lines their pockets with millions of dollars.<\/p>\n

But this is a classic example of one of DeChambeau\u2019s biggest flaw \u2014 his complete lack of self-awareness.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always believed DeChambeau is someone who means well and wants to be liked by everyone, but can\u2019t get out of his own way when it comes to expressing himself, because he\u2019s so self-centered. I\u2019ve written before how charitable he is behind closed doors, giving his time to visit children in hospitals.<\/p>\n

But, like many elite athletes, DeChambeau believes the world revolves around him, and whenever he encounters any lack of success, it\u2019s never his fault.<\/p>\n

Last month at the U.S. Open, remember, it was \u201cbad luck\u2019\u2019 at Torrey Pines with some bad bounces that caused him to disappear from contention on the back nine on Sunday when it was actually him who became unglued and lost his composure as he struggled with his game<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On Thursday at Royal St. George\u2019s, missing 4 of 14 fairways wasn\u2019t a product of the way he was swinging the club but a product of the product itself.<\/p>\n

Bad behavior. Bad look.<\/p>\n

Suddenly, the ongoing beef between Bryson and Brooks Koepka doesn\u2019t seem like such a big deal anymore.<\/p>\n

DeChambeau has bigger problems than Koepka provoking and trolling him. And he\u2019d better come to grips with those issues before they derail what has potential to be a fantastic career.\n <\/p><\/div>\n